Garment hanger guard



Jan. 12, 1954 H. B. TILLERY GARMENT HANGER-GUARD Filed Marbh 31, 1953 IN VEN TOR. H ERT a5. TILLER BY 45L006! 1, tuLn-wf :ATTOR EYS Patented Jan. 12, 1954 GARMENT HANGER GUARD Hubert B. Tillery, Kansas City, Mo., assignor to Tillery Container Company, Kansas City, Mo., a partnership composed of Hubert B. Tillery and Luther D. Tillery Application March 31, 1953, Serial No. 345,880 4 Claims. (Cl. 223-98) This invention relates to an improvement in guards or covers for application to wire garment hangers for supporting garments such as pants, skirts, and the like and eliminate the garment from becoming creased when supported on th guard.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the guard applied to a wire garment hanger;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the guard initially applied to hanger and before the flaps are swung over center in attaching and supporting guard on hanger;

Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 2, but shows the flap of the guard moved to over center so that the guard is supported and held on hanger;

Figure 4 is a detail bottom plan view showing the parts as illustrated in Figure 3; and

Figure 5 is an end view showing the position of the flap as illustrated in Figure 2, and in dotted lines showing position of flap as in Figure 3, and showing in dotted lines the position taken by side walls of guard when flap is in position shown in Figure 3.

The guard of this invention is preferably formed from relatively thick paper stock, cardboard or plastic, and is shaped into a guard while in a slightly moist or damp condition to obtain the best results. The guard is preferably formed in a curve, such as in shape of a channel or of a horseshoe. During the forming operation the ends of the paper stock is subjected to the action of male and female dies. The female die which operates on the under surface of the guard is of an arc shape curvature, while the male die has a similar are shaped curvature for operating on the exterior surface of the guard or paper stock. The curvature of the female die is greater than that of the male die, so that the female die will produce a scoring or creasing I! in the paper stock on the inner surface and the male die will produce a creasing or scoring 12 in the outer surface of the stock. The combined creases "-42 of the two dies produces a segmental crescent or are shaped shoulder or filler i l between said curved creasings or scorings. The material of the paper stock within the confines of said outer are shaped scoring or creasing 12 provides a hinged flap l5 which normally lies in a plane substantially diagonally or obliquely with respect to the upper surface of the channel 2 shaped guard It]. In the formation of the flap 15, the upper surface of the guard is depressed and crease or score I2 is formed in the same operation, the crease or score I2 provides a hinge or flexible area for the flap throughout the areshaped curve of the crease l2, and thereby affords a flexible connection to permit the flap to be moved or snapped upwardly and downwardly, above and below center.

Each end flap I5 is provided with a notch or slit l6 extending inwardly from the outer edge of said flap.

This guard is adapted for application to wire garment hangers which consists of a suspending hook is having inclined shoulder supporting portions [9, and which latter are connected by a horizontal cross bar 20. These hangers are of varying lengths according to the choice of the manufacturer, that is, the cross bar 253 may be of varying lengths, and to accommodate all hangers of this type the present guard has been made so that it is adaptable to these hangers regardless of the length of'the connection bar and so that the lower ends of the inclined shoulder supporting portions it of the hanger may be received within the notches or slits It. This is accomplished by reason of the fact that the flaps l5 when formed extend in a downward direction from the upper surface of the guard in a, diagonal direction, thereby permitting the guard to be applied to the bar as indicated in Figure 2. Upon exerting slight pressure on the guard the flap I5 will be swung or snapped in an upward direction, over center, causing the bar 20 of the hanger to engage the shoulders It of the guard and form a support for the guard while the flaps [5 will become engaged through the notches or slits It to be held in engagement wtih the inclined shoulder supporting portions is of the hanger as indicated in Figure 3. The supporting portions IQ of the hanger will ordinarily be received in the inner ends of the notches l6 and the width of these notches is sufiicient to firmly grasp the supporting portions 19 so that the guard is rigidly held and supported by the bar 26 and portions 19 of the hanger against any rotary or longitudinal movement.

By referring to Figure 5 it will be observed that as the guard is applied to the wire hanger and as the flaps I5 are swung upwardly beyond center the side walls 22 of the guard are forced apart to allow the flaps i 5 to move to their upper and supporting position along with the shoulders, and thereby maintain the guard securely upon the bar of the hanger. It will be appreciture of the two creases or scorings H and 12 converge toward each other and produce the segmental web or shoulder between "the scorings.

I claim: v

1. A garment hanger guard comprising a sheet of relatively stiff material curved transversely of its length, said curved sheet beingtprovided at each end thereof with two arcuate shaped creases arranged transversely of said sheet and disposed in spaced relation to provide a segiiiental shoulder therebetween, said shoulder extending at an angle from the inner surface of s'a'id sheet, and a flap formed in said sheet at each end thereof and defined by the material of said "sheet within the curvature of one of said creases, said flap being flexibly connected to said sheet at the peripheral edge of saidflap.

2. A garment hanger guard comprising a sheet of relatively stiff material, two arc-shaped creases formed in and arranged transversely of said Sheet adjacent each end thereof, said two creases at each end of said sheet being arranged in spaced relation to provide a shoulder therebetween, said shoulders being disposed radially with respect to the inner surface of said sheet, and a hinged flap formed at each end of said sheet and extending from said shoulders to the outer ends of said sheet.

3'. A garment hanger guard comprising a sheet of relatively stiiT material, two arc-shaped creases formed in and arranged transversely of said sheet adjacent each end thereof, said two creases at each end of said sheet being arranged in spaced relation to provide a shoulder therebetween, said shoulders being disposed radially with respect to the inner surface of said sheet, and a hinged flap formed at each end of said sheet and extending from said shoulders to the outer ends of said sheet, said flaps having a notch in the ends thereof for the reception of the cross bar of a hanger upon the insertion of said guard on said bar, said flaps being snapped upwardly into engagement with supporting portions of the hanger as the guard is pressed into position on the cross bar and causing the shoulders of the guard to engage said cross bar.

4. A garment hanger guard comprising a sheet of relatively stifi material, two arc-shaped creases formed in and arranged transversely of said sheet adjacent each end thereof, said two creases at each end of said sheet being arranged in spaced relation to provide a shoulder therebetween, said shoulders being disposed radially with respect to the inner surface of said sheet, and a hinged flap formed at each end of said sheet and extending from said shoulders to the outer ends of'said sheet, said hinged flaps being snapped upwardly into engagement with supporting portions'of a wire hanger in applying the guard to the cross bar of a hanger, said guard having the side walls thereof forcedapart by the movement of the flaps to their upward position.

HUBERT B. TILLERY.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name 1 Date 1,904,999 Reed Apr. 25;1933 2,434,461 Forcheimer Jan. 13, 1948 

